| Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block] |
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| | | | | | | Quoted Prices in | | | Observable | | | Unobservable | |
| | | | | | | Active Markets | | | Inputs | | | Inputs | |
| Assets | | Fair Value | | | (Level 1) | | | (Level 2) | | | (Level 3) | |
| Investments-trading: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Corporate bonds and redeemable preferred stock | | $ | 35,768 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 35,768 | | | $ | - | |
| Derivatives | | | 4,802 | | | | - | | | | 4,802 | | | | - | |
| Equity securities | | | 17,468 | | | | 17,409 | | | | 59 | | | | - | |
| Municipal bonds | | | 949 | | | | - | | | | 949 | | | | - | |
| RMBS | | | 3 | | | | - | | | | 3 | | | | - | |
| SBA loans | | | 34,710 | | | | - | | | | 34,710 | | | | - | |
| U.S. government agency MBS and CMOs | | | 59,248 | | | | - | | | | 59,248 | | | | - | |
| U.S. government agency debt securities | | | 20,116 | | | | - | | | | 20,116 | | | | - | |
| Total investments - trading | | $ | 173,064 | | | $ | 17,409 | | | $ | 155,655 | | | $ | - | |
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| Other investments, at fair value: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CCM: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Avax One Technology Ltd. | | $ | 390 | | | $ | 390 | | | $ | - | | | $ | - | |
| Bakkt, Inc. | | | 976 | | | | 976 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| Critical Metals Corp. | | | 2,481 | | | | - | | | | 2,481 | | | | - | |
| Hadron Energy, Inc. | | | 265 | | | | 265 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| Namib Minerals | | | 1,082 | | | | - | | | | 1,082 | | | | - | |
| ProCap Financial, Inc. | | | 647 | | | | 647 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| Placement units/warrants, pre-M&A - | | | 56,990 | | | | - | | | | 56,990 | | | | - | |
| Other equity instruments | | | 331 | | | | 327 | | | | 4 | | | | - | |
| Subtotal CCM | | | 63,162 | | | | 2,605 | | | | 60,557 | | | | - | |
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| Non-CCM: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Payoneer Global, Inc. | | | 1,997 | | | | - | | | | 1,997 | | | | - | |
| ProCap Financial, Inc. | | | 3,314 | | | | 3,314 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| Other equity instruments | | | 1,007 | | | | 497 | | | | 510 | | | | - | |
| Subtotal | | | 6,318 | | | $ | 3,811 | | | $ | 2,507 | | | $ | - | |
| Investments measured at NAV (1) | | | 10,725 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Subtotal Non-CCM | | | 17,043 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Total Other Investments, at Fair Value | | $ | 80,205 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trading securities sold, not yet purchased: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Corporate bonds and redeemable preferred stock | | $ | 2,536 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 2,536 | | | $ | - | |
| Derivatives | | | 5,419 | | | | - | | | | 5,419 | | | | - | |
| Equity securities | | | 31 | | | | 31 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| U.S. government agency debt securities | | | 31 | | | | - | | | | 31 | | | | - | |
| U.S. Treasury securities | | | 40,915 | | | | 40,915 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| Total trading securities sold, not yet purchased | | $ | 48,932 | | | $ | 40,946 | | | $ | 7,986 | | | $ | - | |
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| Other investments, sold not yet purchased: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Equity derivatives | | $ | 80 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 80 | | | $ | - | |
| Total other investments sold, not yet purchased | | $ | 80 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 80 | | | $ | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Significant | | | Significant | |
| | | | | | | Quoted Prices in | | | Observable | | | Unobservable | |
| | | | | | | Active Markets | | | Inputs | | | Inputs | |
| Assets | | Fair Value | | | (Level 1) | | | (Level 2) | | | (Level 3) | |
| Investments-trading: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Corporate bonds and redeemable preferred stock | | $ | 18,449 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 18,449 | | | $ | - | |
| Derivatives | | | 4,651 | | | | - | | | | 4,651 | | | | - | |
| Equity securities | | | 10,424 | | | | 10,369 | | | | 55 | | | | - | |
| Municipal bonds | | | 3,813 | | | | - | | | | 3,813 | | | | - | |
| RMBS | | | 3 | | | | - | | | | 3 | | | | - | |
| SBA loans | | | 43,090 | | | | - | | | | 43,090 | | | | - | |
| U.S. government agency MBS and CMOs | | | 42,471 | | | | - | | | | 42,471 | | | | - | |
| U.S. government agency debt securities | | | 17,675 | | | | - | | | | 17,675 | | | | - | |
| Total investments - trading | | $ | 140,576 | | | $ | 10,369 | | | $ | 130,207 | | | $ | - | |
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| Other investments, at fair value: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CCM: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Avax One Technology Ltd. | | $ | 1,363 | | | $ | 1,363 | | | $ | - | | | $ | - | |
| Critical Metals Corp. | | | 1,506 | | | | - | | | | 1,506 | | | | - | |
| Nakamoto Inc. | | | 1,802 | | | | 1,802 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| Namib Minerals | | | 2,779 | | | | - | | | | 2,779 | | | | - | |
| OceanPal Inc. | | | 2,930 | | | | 2,930 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| ProCap Financial, Inc. | | | 1,521 | | | | 1,521 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| USBC, Inc. | | | 2,482 | | | | 2,482 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| Placement units/warrants, pre-M&A - | | | 18,492 | | | | - | | | | 18,492 | | | | - | |
| Other equity instruments | | | 1,333 | | | | 1,256 | | | | 77 | | | | - | |
| Subtotal CCM | | | 34,208 | | | | 11,354 | | | | 22,854 | | | - | | |
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| Non-CCM: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ProCap Financial, Inc. | | | 7,595 | | | | 7,595 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| Other equity instruments | | | 2,969 | | | | 882 | | | | 2,087 | | | | - | |
| Subtotal | | | 10,564 | | | $ | 8,477 | | | $ | 2,087 | | | $ | - | |
| Investments measured at NAV (1) | | | 12,486 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Subtotal Non-CCM | | | 23,050 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Total Other Investments, at Fair Value | | $ | 57,258 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trading securities sold, not yet purchased: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Corporate bonds and redeemable preferred stock | | $ | 8,107 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 8,107 | | | $ | - | |
| Derivatives | | | 4,245 | | | | - | | | | 4,245 | | | | - | |
| Equity securities | | | 463 | | | | 463 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| U.S. Treasury securities | | | 23,802 | | | | 23,802 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| Total trading securities sold, not yet purchased | | $ | 36,617 | | | $ | 24,265 | | | $ | 12,352 | | | $ | - | |
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